IN BRIEF
REALIGNMENT PROJECT
Harmon Avenue traffic halted at the Strip
As if the congestion from construction on east-west thoroughfares across Las Vegas Boulevard wasn't enough, now motorist will lose Harmon Avenue all together.
Clark County officials closed Harmon at the Strip to work on the realignment project, which is expected to be completed in November.
Pedestrians also will be inconvenienced by the work. Crosswalks on Harmon across the Strip will be shut down during the construction phase.
Harmon between Koval Lane and Planet Hollywood Way will remain open for business access only. Other motorists on Harmon will be directed to make a U-turn before reaching Las Vegas Boulevard.
When the roadway is finished, Harmon will be six lanes between Polaris Avenue and Audrie Street. The realignment project is across from the City Center project.
SEVERAL VICTIMS INVOLVED
Child abuse suspect arrested in Nye County
Nye County sheriff's deputies arrested a Pahrump man suspected of sexually assaulting several young children.
Carl Blake, 35, was charged with two dozen criminal counts, including sexual assault, child abuse and lewdness with a minor, Nye County Sheriff's officials said.
Blake faces seven counts of child abuse, 12 counts of sexual assault, and one count each of domestic battery with a deadly weapon, open and gross lewdness, ex-felon in possession of a firearm, lewdness with a minor under 14 and child abuse with sexual abuse.
He was being held on $123,500 bail. Authorities would not release more details about the case Friday.
NEAR TONOPAH AIR FIELD
Second man killed in rollover identified
The second man who died in a fatal rollover accident on the Nevada Air Force Range on Tuesday has been identified as Sean Ryan, 34, of Las Vegas.
Ryan was with another man, 55-year-old Curtis Fowler of Tonopah, when the fuel truck they were operating overturned about 12:50 p.m. near the Tonopah Air Field.
The area is 125 miles northwest of Nellis Air Force Base and 35 miles southeast of Tonopah.
The cause of the accident is unknown and under investigation, according to a base spokesman.
The two men were civilians working for Trend Western Technical Corp., a subcontractor providing range support services under a contract with the 98th Range Wing at Nellis.
EMBEZZLEMENT ALLEGATIONS
Ex-American Red Cross worker faces charges
A former American Red Cross employee has been arrested on suspicion of embezzling more than $16,000 in donations while he was assigned to help victims of a 2007 wildfire at Lake Tahoe.
John Hellman, 48, was arrested Thursday near Austin, Texas, where he had been working for the Federal Emergency Management Agency, El Dorado County, Calif., authorities said.
Hellman is accused of embezzling $16,574 in donations over three months.
